What are those?

I guess I didn’t know what I was doing. I hated trying to get them out of both their shells, wasn’t worth it to me

Black walnut

I learned the hard way too. I harvest them from the ground, let them go fully black before processing, soak in water for a few hours, while in the water use a paint mixing drill attachment to remove the shells (takes a minute or two), dump them, repeat the process again and toss any that float. They’ll look like the pic.

Yeah I used a paint mixer, but a few were still green. Stained my fingernails for months. I remember getting them out of the hard shell was also really difficult but maybe I didn’t let them cure long enough

Yeah.. I don’t mess with them when they’re green. I let mine dry at least 6 month. They start to split open on their own at the crown. After that.. a pocket knife or screwdriver gets the job done. Can usually pull the meat out whole.